This list of things society designer Nicky Haslam finds common is utterly random and very funny
Here’s Nicky Haslam, who as everyone knows – Google, Google – is society’s pre-eminent observer of style and designer to the rich and famous.
‘Society decorator’ Nicky has come up with a list of things he finds common. Actually it’s his second list of this sort of thing, and it’s very much worth sharing because it’s so random.
And it’s this randomness which makes the whole thing so good, as Susanne Moore pointed out on Twitter.
I love Nicky Haslam’s list of what is common. They just make me laugh in their random rightness and wrongness. pic.twitter.com/DIeD3A9CgK
— suzanne moore (@suzanne_moore) 9 March 2019
And here are some of the things people were saying about it.
They’re brilliant. The best was “loving your parents”.
— India Knight (@indiaknight) 9 March 2019
What a joy. I think my favourite thing here is “rinsing fruit”.
— Caspar Salmon (@CasparSalmon) 9 March 2019
and swans.
— suzanne moore (@suzanne_moore) 9 March 2019
Never accept a fruit from this man, especially after he’s just been to the loo.
— Clyde Davies (@deadlyvices) 9 March 2019
Knighthoods. It’s a hilarious list.
— Chris Addison (@mrchrisaddison) 9 March 2019
palm trees
— Sharon Horgan (@SharonHorgan) 9 March 2019
My favourites are “Washing hands after the loo” and “Scarves”. And shouldn’t that be “lavatory”?
— Martin Rowson (@MartinRowson) 9 March 2019
Me, I’m just relieved I’m not alone in thinking knighthoods & Woman’s Hour common
— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) 9 March 2019
I’m going to add “ Dressing the way a Nightclub Owner in Chelmsford thinks an Italian Playboy would dress in St. Tropez at 4am circa 1986”
— shaun (@metroland71) 9 March 2019
Excellent. Henceforth I shall serve all my evening meals on a supper trait.
— Sian Notley (@Oneshowywoman) 9 March 2019
As we mentioned, it’s not the first time he’s done this, and he liked that one so much he made a tea towel out of it.
And in case that’s tricky to read, featured:
Scented candles
Film stars
Celebrity chefs
Ibiza
Bottled water
Living statues
Polo
Not eating carbs
Confidence
Richard Branson
Skiing in France
Airline pyjamas
Saying ‘bye bye’
Oxfordshire
Expensive bikes
Jazz
Halloween
Organic food
Loving your parents
Jetlag
Being ill
Glass fruit in a bowl
Relaxing
Ipods and box sets
Cappuccinos after 11am
Pronouncing the ‘e’ in ‘furore’
Coloured bath towels
Vodka tonic
Caribbean at Christmas
Most young Royals
Dress codes
Cufflinks and shirt studs
Scottish accents
Speeches at weddings
James Bond
Gourmet canapes
Using dog walkers
Going to the gym
Minding about smoking
To conclude …
Note to self: if the occasion were to arise, don’t shake Nicky Haslam’s hand.
— Viscount Fishpond (@VisctFishpond) 9 March 2019
